Originally posted on Adam Westbrook // ideas on digital storytelling and publishing: The first thing to realise is that the secret is not to come up with a new idea. There is rarely such a thing. Instead, the secret is to look at a space with people, or businesses already established, and see what they’re doing…

Originally posted on 24/7 Wall St.: The board of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) set a “go-shop” deadline for one minute after midnight tonight to see if the company could entice a bidder to compete with Dell founder Michael Dell and his private equity partner, Silver Lake Partners. The Wall Street Journal has reported that another private…

Originally posted on The Bookshelf of Emily J.: Part of my childhood was spent in a tiny town on a Navajo reservation, where we lived in a trailer. We were one of the lucky few of the residents to have running water. My sisters and I spent each night washing dishes by hand, a ritual…